Safety attachment for ladies&#39; hand bags



April 14, 1931. DE BRY 1,801,227

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR LADIES HAND BAGS Filed March 14, 1929 Inventor Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES HENRY DE KEY, 01? OGDEN, UTAH SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR LADIES HAND BAGS Application filed March 14, 1929. Serial No. 346,994.

This invention relates to a safety device for use on a ladys hand bag, pocket book or the like, and has for its primary object the provision of a plate provided with a plu- 5 rality of sharply pointed pins projecting from the plate, which plates may be readily attached to the handle straps of the bag.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment for hand bags of the class described, which can be readily attached to the strap handle of the bag, which is preferably placed on the inner side of the strap or holder, and which will be especially useful in preventing and discouraging the snatching or stealing of ladies hand bags from the hand of the carriers, as is the common practice of petty thieves in these times.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide an attachment of this character, which is simple in construction, may be readily attached to the handle portion of the bag, can be sold at a moderate price, and be thoroughly efficient to produce the desired result.

The above and numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will appear during a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag provided with the conventional strap handle and showing my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the handle partly in section showing my improved device fastened thereto, and

Figure 3 is a detail sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

With reference more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that my improved device is intended to be used on a ladys hand bag such as is illustrated in Figure 1, and designated generally by the reference character 5. As is conventional with bags of this type there is a strap handle 6, the opposite ends of which are fastened to the top edge of the bag as at 77 whereby the bag may be conveniently carried. On the inner side of the strap 6 and adjacent the respective ends of the strap there is fastened an elongated plate 8 which may be formed from metal, leather or other suitable material, and of a width corresponding to the width of the strap 6. On opposite edges of the strip 8 and at the extreme ends of the strip there is provided fingers 9-9, which fingers are bent about the strap in a manner best illustrated in Figure 8 for securing the plate 8 to the handle 6. Intermediate its ends the plate 8 may be also provided with fingers 10-10 which are also bent about the strap 6 in a manner similar to the fingers 9-9. Formed on the face of the strap 8 there is a plurality of sharply pointed projections 11. The projections 11 may be formed in any well known manner, and extend inwardly of the handle so that any one in attempting to snatch the handbag from the hand of the wearer will have their hands penetrated by the projections 11, thus causing him to immediately release his hold on the strap.

It is to be noted that the plates 8 extend along opposite ends of the handle 6 so as to provide suflicient space on the strap 6 to permit the person carrying the bag to grip the bag without coming into contact with the pointed projections 11 on the plate 8.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided an attachment for ladies hand bags which can be conveniently and quickly applied to the handle of the bag and which will be very useful in preventing and discouraging the snatching of the bag from the hang of the wearer. 7

While I have herein shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that certain changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention as herein described and claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letterse Patent is 1. In an attachment for hand bags, a pair of similarly constructed plates adapted to be secured to the handle of the hand bag against opposite ends of the handle, adjacent ends of the plate being disposed in spaced relation to leave an intermediate portion of the handle free to be gripped by the carrier of the hand bag, each of said plates having attaching fingers for engagement with the handle to secure said plates thereon, and pointed projections on each of said plates for piercing the hand, when the hand is placed about that area of the handle to which one of said plates is secured to the handle.

2. A hand bag including in combination, a handle strap, a pair of plates oppositely disposed on the handle strap, pointed projecm tions formed on the respective plates, and means for fastening the plates to said handle strap. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY DE BRY. 

